The Complete History and List of Tiger Electronics Handheld Games
Table of Contents
- History of Tiger Electronics
- Tiger Electronics Handheld Games (List Of All LCD Games)
- Quiz Wiz (List of Quiz Wiz Cartridges)
- R-Zone (List of All R-Zone Games)
- Game.com (List of All Game.com Games)
- Miscellaneous
- Sources
History of the Tiger Electronics Ltd
Tiger Electronics was founded in 1978 by Randy Rissman, Gerald Rissman, and Arnold Rissman in Vernon Hills, Illinois. In its’ early days the company mostly made electronic items like phonographs. As the company grew it started branching out into electronic games and toys which is what the company is most known for. Tiger Electronics made their name with their extensive brand of LCD games that people either love or hate. Tiger Electronics had a lot of other successful products though including the 2-XL Robot, Brain Warp, Furby, Giga Pets, Lazer Tag, Skip It, and the the Talkboy (made popular by the movie Home Alone).
After working with Hasbro for quite a few years, Tiger Electronics was eventually acquired by Hasbro in 1998 and is still a division of Hasbro to this day.
I would like to note that the following lists are as accurate as I could find. As Tiger Electronics released many games over the years I have probably missed some. If you are aware of any games that I am missing feel free to leave a comment and I will add them to the list as quickly as I can.
Tiger Electronics Handheld Games
Growing up as a child of the late 1980’s and 1990’s I remember the fad of the Tiger Electronics “video game” handhelds. I had several of them as a child and I loved playing them. As a video gamer who never had an original Game Boy I didn’t have much for options for portable gaming until I got a Game Boy Color so I had to settle for the Tiger handheld games. I didn’t really mind since I really enjoyed the games.
Like most things from your childhood though, Tiger Electronic handheld games are not nearly as enjoyable as you remember them. While I loved the games as a child it is really hard to play them for longer than a couple minutes at a time today. The games are pretty bad. The games get really repetitive and without the instructions it is really hard to even figure out what you are supposed to do in most of the games. You mostly just press buttons hoping to press the right buttons at the right times to “win”. The Angry Video Game Nerd’s look at the Tiger Electronic handheld games does a good job summarizing the many problems with the games (the video does have some strong adult language).
Most of Tiger Electronics’ handheld games utilized a LCD screen and a couple buttons. The games worked by having the different elements of the game printed on the game screen. Your character and the enemies would appear on the screen when the game lighted up various sections of the screen. This meant that you only had a couple of options of what you could do at any given time. Basically you could move left, up, and right one space and then after a short period of time would return to the starting position. In addition to movement the games usually included a jump or attack button which you could use to attack enemies or avoid them. Most of the games had a couple different levels and the goal was to avoid/destroy enemies to successfully make it to the end of the level. This was easier said than done because you usually had no idea what you are supposed to be doing in the game and the controls are far from responsive. Basically if you got past the second or third level you were pretty good/lucky at the game.
Despite not usually being very good games, Tiger Electronics handheld games were still successful for two main reasons.
The main reason for their success is generally attributed to their price. Tiger’s handheld games were considerably cheaper than the Game Boy. Each game itself was cheaper and since each game was standalone you didn’t have to buy a system like the Game Boy to play the games. This was probably pretty attractive to cash strapped parents that wanted to buy a portable game for their children.
The other main reason for their success was the fact that Tiger was the master of utilizing franchises. Most major movie franchise and quite a few TV shows had their own LCD game. Tiger even got the handheld licenses to many video game brands like Castlevania, Double Dragon, Duke Nukem, Ninja Gaiden, Sonic, Street Fighter, and Virtua Fighter. It’s too bad Tiger didn’t put more work into actually making good games to go with all of the franchises they were able to license.
While Tiger Electronics handheld games weren’t that great, they will still hold a spot in my heart as I can still remember how much I loved them as a child.
List of All Tiger Electronics Handheld Games
This is the most comprehensive list of Tiger Electronics Handheld games that I could assemble from scouring the internet. If you know of any Tiger Electronics handheld games that are missing from this list leave a comment and I will make sure to add it to the list.
This list is particularly long so if you are looking for a specific title you should consider using your web browser’s search function which can be accessed with Ctrl+F on PCs and Command+F on Macs.
100 Acre Wood Electronic Learning Center
101 Dalmatians
2 in 1 Football & Sea Chase
2 In 1 Safari & Darts
2 In 1 Space Invader & Gone Fishin’
3D Baseball
3D Football
3D Galaxx
3D Live Action Tank Attack
7-in-1 Sports Stadium
The A-Team
The Addams Family
After Burner
After Burner Tabletop
Aladdin
All Pro Basketball 1994
All Pro Basketball 1996
Altered Beast
Altered Beast Wristwatch
American Gladiators
Anastasia
Animaniacs Hollywood Hi Jinx
Area 51 with Laser Gun
Asteroid Blaster
Attack From Mars
Baseball
Baseball 1988
Baseball 1991
Baseball 1997
Baseball All Stars 1990
Batman
Batman and Robin
Batman Forever Double Dose of Doom
Batman The Animated Series
Batman Watch
Batman Returns
Batman Returns Watch
Battlebots
Battletoad
Beauty and the Beast
Beauty and the Beast Wrist Game
Beavis and Butthead
Beepers Fearsome Fighters
Beepers Screamin’ Speedway
Beetlejuice
Bicycle Black Jack
Bicycle Casino Slots
Bicycle Handheld Poker
Bicycle Scratch Poker
Bicycle Solitaire
Bird Brain: The Electronic Talking, Squawking Memory
Blue Diamonds Slot Machine
Bo Jackson Football and Baseball
Boardz Freestyle Frenzy Electronic Skate Board
Bombs Away
Bowl-A-Rama
Bowling
Brain Bash
Brain Shift
Brain Warp
Bruce Lee
Bug! Pocket Arcade
Bugs Bunny
Bullseye Ball
Butt-Ugly Martians
Cabbage Patch Kids Butterfly Chase (Thanks to Kitty in the Comments)
Caesars Palace 5 in 1
Caesars Palace Electronic Blackjack
Caesars Palace Guide to Poker
Caesars Palace Roulette
Caesars Palace Spirit of ’76
Caesars Palace Talking Horse Racing
Caesars Palace Talking Poker
Candy Land Adventure
Captain Planet
Car Racing
Casino Solitaire Game
Casper
Castlevania II Simon’s Quest
Castlevania Symphony of the Night
Cat & Mice
Caveman
Chicken Run
Chip ‘N Dale Rescue Rangers
Concentration
Connections
Copycat
Copycat Jr
Dale Earnhardt Winner’s Circle
Dale Earnhardt Winner’s Circle Pacesetter Game
Dan Marino’s Quarterback Challenge
Defender Keychain
Deion Sanders Baseball
Deluxe Lights Out
Dennis the Menace
Digimon
Digimon Yolei and Hawkmon
Dinosaurs!
Dinosaurs TV Show
Dirt Track Go Kart Racing
Ditto
Double Dragon
Double Dragon 2
Double Dragon 3 The Rosetta Stone
Double Dribble
Doug
Dr. Fad
Dragon
Duck Tales
Duke Nukem 3D
Ecco The Dolphin
Ed Grimley
Family Feud
Family Feud 1997
Family Feud Cartridge 3
Fast Lane Bowling
Fishing Champion
The Flintstones
Football 1987
Football 1991
Fox’s Peter Pan & The Pirates
Franklin the Turtle’s Follow Me
Frogger
Frogger
Full House
Fun House
Galaxx
Galaxy
Game Balls Racing
Gargoyles Night Flight
Gauntlet
G.I. Joe Star Brigade
Go, Sprout!
Goldberg Smash & Bash Wrestling Game Fear the Spear
Golden Axe
Golden Tee Golf
Goofy Skiing
Goosebumps Haunted Headstone
Half Court Basketball
Hang-On
Harley Davidson
Harry Potter Book of Spells
Harry Potter Fluffy Action Game
Harry Potter Hogwarts Labyrinth
Harry Potter Magic Spell Challenge
Harry Potter Mini Action Games
Harry Potter Quidditch 2000 Edition
Harry Potter Quidditch
Head to Head Football
Head to Head Basketball
Head to Head Talking Baseball
Head to Head Talking Football
Head to Head Talking Tennis
Heavy Barrel
Henry
Hi Rev Racer
Hollywood Squares
Home Alone 2
Hunchback of Notre Dame
The Incredible Crash Dummies
Independence Day
Indy 500 Sega Pocket
Inspector Gadget
Inspector Gadget
Jawbreaker
Jawbreaker Tabletop
Jeff Gordon’s Dupont Pacesetter Games
Jeopardy
Jeopardy Deluxe
Jeopardy Cartridge #1
Jeopardy Cartridge #2
Jeopardy Cartridge #3
Jeopardy Cartridge #4
Jeopardy Cartridge #5
Jeopardy Cartridge #6
Jeopardy Deluxe Cartridge #2
Jet Motto
Jet Ski
Jim Henson’s Muppets My First Tiger Coach Kermit
Jim Henson’s Muppets Street Surfin’
John Elway’s Electronic Quarterback
Jordan vs. Bird One on One
Joust Keychain
Judge Dredd
Jumble Electronic Word Game
Jumble Expansion
Jurassic Park
Jurassic Park 3 T-Rex Jaw Chomping Action Game
Kaboom! Keychain
Karate King
Karnov
Keystone Kapers
King Kong
King Kong (1983)
Kings of the Beach
Lamb Chop & Friends
Lastout You Lose
Let’s Make A Deal
Lights Out
Lights Out Cube
Lights Out 2000
Light Wars
The Lion King
Lite 3
The Little Mermaid 1991
The Little Mermaid 1993
The Little Mermaid 1997
Looney Tunes: Bugs Bunny
Lucky Luke
Madden 95
Madden Football
Magic Johnson Basketball
Major League Home Run Blast
Marble Madness
Mars Attacks!
Match 4 Keychain
MC Hammer
Mega Man 2
Mega Man 3
Mega Monster
Michael Jordan in Flight
Mickey and Friends
Mickey and Friends Wrist Watch Game
Mickey Mouse
Mighty Ducks
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
Millipede Keychain
Miner 2049er
Miniature Golf
Monster Maze
Monsters Inc Scream Catcher
Moon Patrol Keychain
Morphatrons Alien
Morphatrons Arachnid
Morphatrons Raptor
Mortal Kombat
Mortal Kombat Mythologies Sub-Zero
Mouse Maze
Mr. & Mrs. Potato Head
Mr. Bullfrog
Ms. Pac-Man
Name That Tune
Name That Tune Cartridge
NBA Jam
NFL Football
Nights into Dreams
Ninja
Ninja Fighter
Ninja Gaiden
Ninja Gaiden 2: Dark Sword of Chaos
Ninja Gaiden Watch
Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation
No Limits Downhill Skiing
Onc Piscou
OutRun
OutRun F1
Owly
Pac-Man
Pac-Man Double
Paperboy
Paperboy 2
Password
The Perils of Mickey
Pinball
Pinball 1992
The Pink Panther
Pit-Fighter
Pitfall
Play Action Football 1994
Play Action Football 1998
Playmaker Deluxe Football
Pocahontas
Pokemon Cyclone 2
Pokemon Electronic Battle Arena
Pokemon I Choose You Challenge
Pokemon Poke Ball Electronic Ball
Pokemon Pokedex Organizer
Pokemon Thundershock Pinball
Police Academy
Polly Pocket
Pong Keychain
Power Rangers
Power Rangers 1994
Price is Right 1998
Punch Your Lights Out
Puyolin
Racing 1991
Raceway
Rampage
Road Race
Road Rash 3
Robocop
Robot Fighter
Rocket Pinball
Ronald McDonald Alphabet Fun
Rugrats
Rugrats Hot Potato Game
Rugrats Toy Tag
Scooby Doo
Shadow
Shaq Attaq Monster Jam
